SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Aug 01, 2008 --
PASCO
scientific® and
WeatherBug®, a leading provider of
live, local weather information, today announced a joint content
integration agreement to combine live weather information from
WeatherBug Schools' national
network of weather stations with My World GIS, a powerful tool that
enables students to visualize scientific data in a spatial context.

With the integrated version of My World GIS and WeatherBug Schools Program,
students can conduct weather investigations using either built-in datasets
or their own local data collected with PASCO's range of PASPORT® digital
weather sensors. They can then compare their investigations to real-time
national weather observations from any of the 8,000 weather stations and
1,500 cameras in the WeatherBug Schools Network.

Specifically, the integration enables students to download real-time
weather information from the WeatherBug Network, organize it spatially by
placing it on a map and relate it to regional and local data in My World
GIS. As a result, students and teachers can develop an understanding of the
very dynamic nature of weather systems and the many variables that
influence weather -- such as latitude, longitude, altitude, time of year,
pressure, ocean currents, geologic features, and more.

"My World GIS and WeatherBug combine a rich collection of live satellite
imagery with live data from WeatherBug's networked weather stations," said
Korey Champe, PASCO's manager of earth/environmental science education.
"Bringing large scale weather investigations into the My World GIS
environment gives students the opportunity to visually compare local
weather data to data from other regions of the country. This helps them
comprehend complex weather concepts, such as how air moves in response to
high and low pressure systems."

Integration is expected to be complete this month, with sample joint lesson
plans using WeatherBug data within My World GIS available in September.
Current and future customers of both WeatherBug Schools and My World GIS
will have the opportunity to evaluate the integrated software free of
charge by visiting either the PASCO or WeatherBug Schools Web sites.
Customers that already use My World GIS are entitled to free access to the
WeatherBug data feed by downloading the latest version of the software from
PASCO scientific's Web site. Additionally, WeatherBug will also bundle the
My World GIS tool as part of its WeatherBug Schools offerings, which allows
teachers and students to use current and historical weather conditions
online through interactive lessons, activities and tools.

The announcement came today at the Environmental Systems Research
Institute's (ESRI) Education User Conference that runs Aug. 2 through the
5th at the San Diego Convention Center. The ESRI conference is dedicated to
broadening horizons for educators by illustrating the power of geographic
information system technology in a variety of disciplines. My World GIS
integrated with WeatherBug's live data can be viewed in PASCO booth E15.

My World GIS is available from PASCO scientific in a variety of licensing
models to meet the needs of educators. My World GIS runs on platforms
supporting Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris. For product and licensing
information on My World GIS, visit
www.pasco.com/myworld.

PASCO scientific is a leading developer
of innovative, technology-based solutions for hands-on science. PASCO's
team includes former and current teachers, educational researchers,
engineers and many more. Throughout its more than 40-year history, PASCO
has focused exclusively on science education -- designing, developing and
supporting better ways of teaching and learning science. Teachers and
students in more than 100 countries throughout the world use PASCO
solutions. For more information, visit
www.pasco.com

About WeatherBug

WeatherBug (
http://weatherbug.com and
http://www.weatherbugprofessional.com) is a trusted source of dynamic
weather information enabling people worldwide to make more informed
weather-related decisions. By combining its proprietary asset -- the
world's largest, most dense network of live weather stations and cameras --
with aggregated weather data from around the world, the WeatherBug Network
delivers highly precise weather information and forecasts for the most
accurate, neighborhood-level weather available. WeatherBug is a brand of
AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. (
http://www.aws.com)